22 Mar 2024 Oud Leuven: Klooster van de Ierse Predikheren Located between today's Ierse Predikherenstraat, Brusselsestraat and Noormannenstraat was the Monastery of the Irish Dominicans (Klooster van de Ierse Predikheren).… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
02 Mar 2024 Oud Leuven: Dominicanessenklooster Along today's Brouwersstraat and Fonteinstraat in Leuven, here once stood a Convent of Dominican Sisters, also known as the "Dominicanessenklooster"… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
01 Mar 2024 Oud Leuven: Sint-Jobkapel Built in 1449, the Chapel of Saint Job (Sint-Jobkapel) and the Hospice of the Twelve Apostles (Godshuis van de Twaalf… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
18 Feb 2024 Oud Leuven: Sint-Eligiuskapel Located on Numbers 42 and 44 on today's Parijsstraat in Leuven, you will find traces of a small chapel that… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
12 Nov 2023 Oud Leuven: Sint-Annakapel At the junction between the Vlamingenstraat and the Tiensestraat is a little square called Kardinaal Mercierplein (Cardinal Mercier Square). Back… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
15 Jul 2023 Oud Leuven: Eygen Heerd (House of Dieric Bouts) There is a 15th century building called "Eygen Heerd" ([to be one's] own lord) located at Number 5 Minderbroederstraat that… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
07 Jan 2023 Oud Leuven: Biestpoort The Biestpoort (Biest Gate) was located on today's Brusselsestraat, before where the River Dijle flows. While facing outwards, on its… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
06 Jan 2023 Oud Leuven: Minnepoort The Minnepoort (Gate of Love) was located on the Brouwerstraat, where it forms a junction with the Mercatorpad. The bridge… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
05 Jan 2023 Oud Leuven: Minderbroederspoort The Minderbroederspoort (Gate of the Friars Minor) was located on the Minderbroedersstraat, on top of the Little Dijle west of… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments
04 Jan 2023 Oud Leuven: Justus Lipsiustoren – Janseniustoren The Waterpoort (Water Gate) was where the River Dijle entered the city of Leuven, today in between the Hollands College… Harold Tor-Daenens No Comments